His favourite technique before warfare - bribery.
He famously said that he could capture any Greek city as long as there was a path to it up which he could drive a donkey laden with gold.
because he did, period.
by bribing, conquering, diplomatically
His favourite technique before warfare - bribery. He famously said that he could capture any Greek city as long as there was a path to it up which he could drive a donkey laden with gold.
Greece had its share of strong rulers. They included Alexander the Great, Philip of Macedon, Philip III, Cassander, Seleukus, Perseus, and Perdikkas II.
The Greek cities sent their surplus populations out and established city-states around the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Some were sent to North Africa - eg Tripoli (Tripolis in Greek = three cities). Then Alexander the Great captured Egypt and Libya, establishing Greek cities eg Alexanddia named after himself.
Philip II, was assassinated by Pausanias of Orestis, his personal bodyguard. Philip was murdered in October 336 BC, at Aegae (modern Vergina), the ancient capital of the Greek kingdom of Macedon
It wasn't. Some of the most advanced culture developed in the Greek cities located within the Persian Empire.
Philip of Macedon got Greek cities to join him by using a combination of military force, political alliances, and diplomacy. He utilized military victories, strategic marriages, and offering protection in exchange for their loyalty to control and unify Greece under his rule.
conqureing,inviting,and bribing them.
He persuaded
His favourite technique before warfare - bribery. He famously said that he could capture any Greek city as long as there was a path to it up which he could drive a donkey laden with gold.
He bribed some cities to join his confederation, and their armies became available to him. Others were brought in by force. The Greeks were famous for their venality - Xerxes added 40,000 Greek city-state soldiers to his invading army. Philip famously said that he could take any city as long as it had a path up which he could drive a donkey laden with gold.
His favourite technique before warfare - bribery. He famously said that he could capture any Greek city as long as there was a path to it up which he could drive a donkey laden with gold.
It was significance because the Greeks could form a coalition against a common enemy by setting aside the differences they had as individual city-states .
The Peloponnesian War and the subsequent ongoing wars between the city states led by Sparta and Thebes had exhausted the Greek city-states. Sparta's remaining military force was restricted to trying to maintain control of its territory. Athens had shrunk from losses to the plague and the wars. As a result Philip was able to defeat their combined forces at the battle of Chaeronaea. Also Philip bribed the lesser cities of the Amphyctionic League to push his side of arguments. The cities were reduced to accepting Philip as Hegemon (leader) of Greece. After his murder, there was an uprising, but Alexander took control and put it down and destroyed Thebes and sold its population into slavery as a warning to the other cities.
Greece had its share of strong rulers. They included Alexander the Great, Philip of Macedon, Philip III, Cassander, Seleukus, Perseus, and Perdikkas II.
Athens, Corinth, Thessaloniki, Larissa, Patras, Piraeus, Marousi...
There were many cities that Rome took over from Greece ranging from "Magna Graecia" which was southern Italy and Sicily, to cities in the mid east to cities in Greece itself. Some of them were Syracuse, Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth and the rest of the Greek cities.There were many cities that Rome took over from Greece ranging from "Magna Graecia" which was southern Italy and Sicily, to cities in the mid east to cities in Greece itself. Some of them were Syracuse, Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth and the rest of the Greek cities.There were many cities that Rome took over from Greece ranging from "Magna Graecia" which was southern Italy and Sicily, to cities in the mid east to cities in Greece itself. Some of them were Syracuse, Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth and the rest of the Greek cities.There were many cities that Rome took over from Greece ranging from "Magna Graecia" which was southern Italy and Sicily, to cities in the mid east to cities in Greece itself. Some of them were Syracuse, Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth and the rest of the Greek cities.There were many cities that Rome took over from Greece ranging from "Magna Graecia" which was southern Italy and Sicily, to cities in the mid east to cities in Greece itself. Some of them were Syracuse, Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth and the rest of the Greek cities.There were many cities that Rome took over from Greece ranging from "Magna Graecia" which was southern Italy and Sicily, to cities in the mid east to cities in Greece itself. Some of them were Syracuse, Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth and the rest of the Greek cities.There were many cities that Rome took over from Greece ranging from "Magna Graecia" which was southern Italy and Sicily, to cities in the mid east to cities in Greece itself. Some of them were Syracuse, Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth and the rest of the Greek cities.There were many cities that Rome took over from Greece ranging from "Magna Graecia" which was southern Italy and Sicily, to cities in the mid east to cities in Greece itself. Some of them were Syracuse, Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth and the rest of the Greek cities.There were many cities that Rome took over from Greece ranging from "Magna Graecia" which was southern Italy and Sicily, to cities in the mid east to cities in Greece itself. Some of them were Syracuse, Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth and the rest of the Greek cities.
His army was superior in their use of the phalanx and long spear. He used bribes to neutralise some cities and divisions amongst the Greek city-states to gain allies and stop unified resistance to him. He defeated the two main antagonists Athens and Thebes to clinch the deal. He united the cities to support the proposed campaign against Persia.